Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer; Senior Consultant, Engineering & Security Clearance

Position: Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer, (Senior Consultant, Engineering & with Security Clearance
Job Requirements Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer(Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services) We are actively seeking senior-level Full-Stack Ruby on Rails Engineers to support a growing portfolio of federal and state customers. You'll work as part of collaborative, cross-functional teams alongside designers, product managers, and engineers, delivering high-quality, well-tested software that has real public impact. All of our Ruby on Rails opportunities are fully remote.

At Fearless, this Senior Consultant collaborates with cross functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations. This role will possess the skills to be able to bridge business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application level of proficiency. The Sr. Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals.

Fearless Your Responsibilities in this Role:
* Design, build, and maintain full-stack features in Ruby on Rails, including complex multi-page, multi-track form flows, data integrations, and user-facing dashboards.

* Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code with a strong emphasis on object-oriented design, domain modeling, and service-layer architecture.

* Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and background job processing pipelines using tools such as Sidekiq.

* Build accessible, standards-compliant frontend experiences using modern JavaScript, React (or similar component-based frameworks), HTML5, and CSS3 including adherence to WCAG 2.1+ accessibility standards.

* Participate in thorough, thoughtful pull request reviews, contributing to a culture of technical excellence and shared code ownership.

* Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, proactively identifying tradeoffs and surfacing risks.

* Support long-lived Rails applications through careful refactoring, dependency management, and incremental improvements without disrupting production systems.

* Contribute to a secure, compliant development environment in accordance with federal and state contractor requirements, including Public Trust security standards. The Impact You Will Create in this Role:
Fearless Impact:
* Fosters collaboration with cross functional teams by taking the initiative and driving conversations

* Coach, mentor, and develop peers that elevate team capability and technical expertise using clear and persuasive communication of engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences

* Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services.

* Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track.

* Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.

* Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes.
Fearless Customer Impact:
* Deliver expected outcomes relative to high quality code and maintainable systems

* Offer and implement innovative solutions that include engineering best practices through new tools, frameworks and methodologies

* Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction as well as Fearless’ objectives, strategy, and mission

* Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise Work Experience Skill and Experience Requirements
* 5+ years of hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails, with a demonstrated track record building conventional, maintainable, and extensible full-stack applications.

* Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming principles and patterns, with the ability to contribute to and lead substantive code reviews.

* Experience with complex data modeling, multi-step form flows, data validation, and integrations with third-party or government data systems.

* Proficiency with modern frontend development including React (or a comparable component-based framework), JavaScript/Type Script, semantic HTML5, and CSS
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* Familiarity with web accessibility best practices (WCAG 2.1+), ARIA patterns, and screen reader compatibility.

* Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and working with background job frameworks such as Sidekiq.

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related…